Modes of Participation

The Twenty-First International Conference on the Arts in Society is organised as a hybrid knowledge experience. Registration connects you to the CGScholar Event (KX) environment, where in-person and online contributions sit side by side in one coherent scholarly space. Proposals become Presentation Pages, sessions are woven into a shared schedule, and digital media and discussion boards allow delegates—whether in the room or online—to stay in conversation before, during, and after the conference.


We keep the model simple:

In-Person delegates attend at the venue while also accessing the full online program.

Online delegates participate entirely online, through live online and asynchronous presentations.


Within each mode, you can:

Present: contribute a paper, workshop, poster, or other format to the program.

Participate: join the conference as an audience member, engaging with sessions and discussions without presenting.

In-Person Participation Options

In-Person formats are where presenters and audiences work side by side. Whether in a paper panel, colloquium, workshop, poster session, or innovation showcase, delegates meet in shared rooms, listen closely to each other’s work, and use questions and informal discussion to extend the life of a project beyond a single presentation. The emphasis is on human-scale exchange: small groups, real time, and space for ideas to be tried and tested.


Present:

In-Person Themed Paper: 20 minutes – focused research paper, themed with other papers on a panel, followed by discussion.

In-Person Colloquium: 90 minutes – a cluster of short, related papers in one shared session. (5 submitted presentations needed)

In-Person Workshop: 45 minutes – interactive, hands-on session around methods, practice, or skills.

In-Person Poster Session: 60-minute shared poster space – visually presented research with informal, drop-in discussion.

In-Person Innovation Showcase: 20 minutes – concise demonstrations of projects, tools, or practices.


Participate:

In-Person Audience: For delegates who wish to engage with the conference intellectually and socially without presenting. Audience members are recognized in the program and play a vital role in the scholarly life of the event.

Online Participation Options

Online formats bring presenters and audiences together across distances in a shared digital space. Through live workshops, asynchronous talks, and digital posters, delegates can present work, listen on their own schedule, and return to ideas more than once. Questions and comments unfold in discussion boards attached to Presentation Pages, so dialogue can build over days rather than minutes, keeping the exchange human-scale even when we are not in the same room.


Present:

Asynchronous Online Presentation: 20 minutes – pre-recorded talk with supporting digital media, available on demand with a discussion board.

Asynchronous Online Poster: single-page digital poster, viewed on demand – concise visual display of work in progress or key findings with online discussion.

Live Online Workshop: 45 minutes – real-time online workshop with active participation and Q&A.


Participate:

Online Audience Pass: For delegates who join the event entirely online, accessing live and recorded sessions, and contributing to discussion spaces across the Event (KX) environment.

Best of Both Worlds

CGScholar Event (KX) is designed so that in-person and online participation complement each other rather than forming separate tracks.

In-person delegates use the online space to follow additional sessions, view digital media, and continue conversations. Online delegates join live workshops and Talking Circles and engage with Presentation Pages at their own pace.

Whichever way you attend, you enter the same knowledge environment—shared schedule, presentations, media, and discussion—supporting a continuous scholarly exchange rather than a single, one-off event.